IBM Storage for Data and AI Data Sheet

Highlights

• Installation in minutes withupgraded containerizedsoftware

• Create YB scale namespacewith file and object storage

• Performance up to 55GB/sin a single node

• Density of 370TB/u in asingle 36u node

• Integrated with real-timecontinuous updates toSpectrum Discover

• Two basic configurationsthat scale from 552TB to13.5PB

IBM Elastic Storage System5000

The simplest way to deploy a fast,optimized, scale-out file data lake fordata and AI

The role of data has never been more crucial than it is today.Businesses are dealing with ever-increasing volumes of agrowing variety of data, arriving faster than ever from anever-more connected world. And they understand that, inorder to remain competitive, it is vital to take full advantageof this wealth of information. To that end, they areincreasingly turning to large data lake capacity solutions andsolutions that enable artificial intelligence (AI) workloads.

To be successful, businesses require a system that canefficiently manage this wealth of data. These datamanagement systems have to meet growing demands forcapacity, performance, bandwidth and lower latency alongwith ease of management, all within severe budgetconstraints.

IBM Storage for Data and AI Data Sheet

IBM Storage for Data and AI

To address the challenges of managing today’s data, IBM Elastic Storage System 5000 (ESS5000) delivers a new generation of software-defined storage for large capacity data lakes. Itbuilds on years of experience and couples proven IBM Spectrum Scale software with capacityoptimized storage technology and IBM Power9 compute to offer industry-leading filemanagement capabilities. These build on and extend a track record of meeting the needs of thesmartest, most demanding organizations. ESS 5000 is a faster, denser storage solution with awhole new smoother containerized out-of-the-box experience and simpler management.

The only YB scale-out storage solution

YB scale namespace

At the heart of ESS 5000 lies IBM Spectrum Scale. This provides a single unified file systemacross the organization, eliminating data silos, simplifying storage management and deliveringconsistent high performance even as it scales out to meet the demands of even the largest ofdata systems.

Whatever the current scope of your data management needs, you can start as small – or as big –as you want and easily scale out by adding more units when needed.

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ESS 5000

Fast time to value

Faster access to data provides competitive advantage for industries including financial services,healthcare, and manufacturing. ESS 5000 gives you the speed you need. It is designed to let youhit the ground running from day one, and to keep up the pace, providing faster time to value formodern data and AI workloads as well as for traditional high-performance workloads. ESS 5000represents a new generation of integrated scale-out data management with state-of-the-artcapacity storage with containerized software delivery for ease of installation and update.

The ESS 5000 containerized delivery model provides the ultimate in speed and simplicity out ofthe box. Containerized software efficiently packages all of the elements needed to quickly andeasily install the system software. The preconfigured hardware and software can be up andrunning productively in a matter of minutes rather than days. Setup is simple and can beundertaken by IT staff, with optional support from IBM.

From day one on the job, ESS 5000 delivers market-leading 55GB/sec performance throughputper node to move data to or from your systems fast enough to keep pace with even the mostpowerful processors, whether they are GPUs, IBM Power or x86. Crucially for the modernbusiness, ESS 5000 has the ability to seamlessly integrate with a high-performance tier ofstorage (ESS 3000) that will keep GPUs running at peak levels for AI workloads.

To grow the performance of the system, simply add additional ESS 5000 systems or scale-up byadding more disk enclosures. The ESS 5000 is architected to work in parallel with other ESS

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3000 or ESS 5000 systems to deliver more and more performance as you add further buildingblocks to your data management solution.

Reliability

Data reliability is assured by IBM Spectrum Scale software erasure coding. By contrast withtraditional RAID, erasure coding can rebuild disks in minutes, rather than hours or days, even asoperations continue, minimizing the impact of disk failures. With IBM Spectrum Scale erasurecoding, data is distributed across the available physical storage. It requires less storageoverhead than traditional RAID and thus increases effective capacity as well as data integrity. Itis designed to deliver high performance and low latency with all-flash storage.

Hardware is monitored for potential problems using a variety of techniques including call-homefor automated monitoring of key components. ESS 5000 also integrates with IBM StorageInsights, a platform that monitors storage health, capacity and performance, helping withproactive planning to ensure system reliability.

Deployment flexibility

ESS 5000 can be deployed in a variety of configuration. It can be a standalone system. Toaccommodate larger systems or growing data needs, ESS 5000 is designed to scale up andscale out by simply adding more units or disk enclosures to expand capacity and bandwidth. Itcan be deployed in a cluster with other ESS 5000 or ESS 3000 units and is also fully compatiblewith all older IBM Elastic Storage Server models and can interoperate with these within acluster. Its high-performance characteristics make it perfect data ingest or data collectionnodes and also when high capacity access to large amounts of data is required.

ESS 5000 can work with IBM Power systems, x86, or other solutions such as NVIDIA DGXsystems, for example, where it is easily capable of keeping up with the data needs of thesystem’s GPUs.

ESS 5000 offers a wide range of capacities ranging from 552TB to Yottabytes, depending onconfiguration specifics.

Specifications

Fully compatible with current IBM Elastic Storage Server systems. Capable of leveraging thesame ESS Management Servers, Protocol Nodes and Spectrum Scale Cluster/Name Space.

Embedded Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x operating system simplifies RHEL install, managementand upgrade by removing the need to register with Red Hat to download errata and patches.

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Standard three-year warranty, IBM on-site 9x5, next-business-day support. Optional upgradefor additional on-site, 24x7, and same day support.

Extensive training available online or on site.

IBM ESS 5000

ESS 5000 SL ESS 5000 SC

Number of drive enclosures 1 - 6 1 - 8

Drive capacity 6, 10, 14 or 16TB 10, 14 or 16TB

Enclosures Standard size (92) Expanded size (106)

Maximum useable capacity per ESS 552TB - 8.8PB 1PB - 13.5PB

Servers 2 x IBM Power9 Servers 2 x IBM Power9 Servers

SSD 2 x SSDs 2 x SSDs

System information

Systems IBM Power9 Data Server (two per building block); IBM Power9 ESS Management Server(one per cluster)

Interconnects Ethernet: 10GbE, 40GbE, 100GbE; Infiniband: 56 Gbps FDR, 100Gbps EDR

Operating system Red Hat Enterpise Linux (RHEL)

Software IBM Spectrum Scale: Data Access Edition or Data Management Edition xCAT

Supported RAID levels Erasure coding: 3-way or 4-way mirroring, 8+2P or 8+3P, or a combination

Rack cabinets

Rack cabinet IBM 7014-T42, IBM 7965-S42, IBM ESS is also supported in compatible racks from other vendors

Power Multiple rack PDU options - see IBM ESS 5000 Planning information in IBM Knowledge Center

Scalability IBM ESS 5000 scales in a building block approach - capacity, bandwidth and the singlenamespace increases as more building blocks are added. Clusters using other servers andstorage running IBM Spectrum Scale software may be scaled out using IBM ESS 5000.

Services IBM Lab Services are available for planning, configuration and implementation support.

Warranty Limited warranty: 3-year parts, customer-replaceable unit or on-site labor, with individual nodesretaining the warranty and service upgrade offerings for that IBM machine type. Base support is9x5, next business day. Warranty service upgrades are available at additional cost. Standardsoftware subscription and support.

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Why IBM?

IBM invests in solutions that put data towork, helping organizations realize the fullpotential of big data and analytics to betterserve their customers while improvingcompetitive advantage. IBM has theexpertise and solutions to help businessesexploit advanced analytics to enable growth,mitigate risk and improve operationalefficiency.

For more information

To learn more about IBM ESS 5000, pleasecontact your IBM representative or IBMBusiness Partner, or visit:

https://www.ibm.com/it-infrastructure/storage/ai-infrastructure

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